Job DescriptionSenior Autism Practitioner (Team Leader) - South West
South West Area Services
Senior Autism Practitioner (Team Leader)
Full Time Position Available - 37 hours per week
Opportunity to progress to £36,344 at your own pace
Are you a dynamic leader who thrives on building strong relationships, adapting to new challenges, and bringing out the best in others? If you're passionate about coaching and developing teams to grow and succeed together, this is your opportunity to lead with purpose and make a lasting impact.
Join our friendly and dedicated team as Senior Autism Practitioner in our South West area with services across: Across our South West Area Services, we support 48 autistic adults across several welcoming locations. Our care is tailored to each person's needs, including Housing Support, residential care, and transitional assessment services. As the Senior Autism Practitioner, you'll ensure the successful delivery of each person's service across our South West Services. Leading a team of dedicated Autism Practitioners, you will inspire them to provide a consistent, high-quality support service to autistic people. Using your outstanding communication skills, you'll collaborate closely with families, agencies and multi-disciplinary teams to implement and further develop support plans designed to help individuals succeed in their day-to-day lives.
This is a superb opportunity to gather experience of a different role, to undertake additional training and lead a hard-working team to success.
Experience gained within a supervisory and/or management role within social care
- Experience coaching and mentoring colleagues
- A health and social care qualification, or the willingness to gain an SVQ Level 4 in health & social care and Leadership and Management for Care Services (LMC) qualification provided by the organisation
- A good level of IT literacy, including MS Word and Excel
- A Full UK Driving License.
- Able to work a variety of shifts including evenings and weekends and support with regular on-call support. Scottish Autism offers you:
We are proud to offer a comprehensive colleague benefits package which includes a competitive salary and a personalised learning pathway for all. 32 days holiday pro rata (which increases with your length of service)
~ Sector leading training from day one, including fully funded support to complete your necessary SVQ
Non-contributory life assurance scheme
Workplace Pension (Employer matched up to 9%)
Discount platform
Employee Assistance Programme.
Find out more about our comprehensive benefits package HERE
Scottish Autism cover all the costs of PVG membership and SSSC Registration for employees. Valuing diversity and promoting equal opportunities is at the heart of our vision, mission, and values.
Registered charity number is SC009068